Ryan Clark hinted in a tweet that a surprise cut is coming, any guesses? He said "its a blessing to have a job today. Trust is a funny thing! So hard to gain so easy to lose. Stay tuned. You'll see"

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TampaSteelGirl

08-03-2011, 11:40 AM

I had to stop Clark's tweets from coming to my cell...he was blowing it up for HOURS!!! :yesnod:

It will be interesting who is cut..if there were cuts.

LatrobePA

08-03-2011, 11:44 AM

20 bucks says it will be Ben, he sucks! Dixon all the way, he's a starter you know!

hahahahahahahahahahaha

cmerrifield

08-03-2011, 11:46 AM

Well its not any of the guys they just restructured because that would cause more "dead money" after the restructure.

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LatrobePA

08-03-2011, 11:51 AM

It will be A Smith...

Rampage

08-03-2011, 12:07 PM

Maybe it will be Clark. :dunno:

K Train

08-03-2011, 12:08 PM

hopefully its ryan clark

LatrobePA

08-03-2011, 12:11 PM

hopefully its ryan clark

lol, I have a feeling it's Smith..

connecticutsteel

08-03-2011, 12:14 PM

If they cut Clark who would be player rep ? He is also tweeting that the cba will not ratify in time the issue is Goodell's disiplinary power = bad news .

K Train

08-03-2011, 12:19 PM

If they cut Clark who would be player rep ? .

does it matter? our player reps are charlie and clark...2 guys so far from a lock to make the team its not even funny, but hey thats on them not us.

id be asking who would be FS? Lewis? Mundy? Crezdon?

gimme some crez

connecticutsteel

08-03-2011, 12:21 PM

I was joking i don't really care . Season is in danger again over goodell's power

Scorp

08-03-2011, 12:26 PM

It's Bruce Arians. :)

BlitzburghRockCity

08-03-2011, 12:32 PM

It's not going to be Ryan Clark, as much as some of you might wish, LOL. Aaron Smith could be on the block though, unfortunately.

Nothing has been officially announced and we don't even know for sure that's what he meant. Ryan would be way out of line to start any real speculation about this.

Rampage

08-03-2011, 12:35 PM

It's not going to be Ryan Clark, as much as some of you might wish, LOL. Aaron Smith could be on the block though, unfortunately.

If it is Smith, he'll be a casualty of the "what have you done for me lately," question. We know that he is a stud when he is healthy, but he has been on the sidelines too frequently to make any positive impact lately.

andyg1984

08-03-2011, 12:38 PM

i'd not be surprised at all if it were smith .. the more interesting question is why would clark foreshadow a cut like that?

K Train

08-03-2011, 12:40 PM

if its smith and they dont bring him back at a discount id be shocked...no question 6.1 mil is too much, but hes still an asset to the team (unlike clark, charlie, and farrior)

andyg1984

08-03-2011, 12:41 PM

think we could at least get a 5th?

Rampage

08-03-2011, 12:43 PM

think we could at least get a 5th?

Of whiskey?

andyg1984

08-03-2011, 12:44 PM

that tweet was kind of unusual .. the more i think about it i am not ruling any1 out .. troy is in the last year of his contract .. maybe we get picks before losing him in FA??? i know that is waaaaay out there, but just wanted to throw it out there for more of a general discussion

ejsteeler

08-03-2011, 12:56 PM

They said they should be under the cap if all the restructuring is agreed to. Whomever does not want to restructure would most likely be the casualty. I don't know that A Smith would be that much of a surprise. Big Snack?

coldrolled

08-03-2011, 01:01 PM

one of these maybe. Smith , Farrior, Foote

Rampage

08-03-2011, 01:06 PM

Foote wouldn't surprise me if he got cut. :dunno:

JensK

08-03-2011, 01:10 PM

I doubt it'll be Foote as he is not making a whole lot of money as it is. Farrior maybe but I do believe that he would, at this point of his career, take a paycut rather than being cut.

Ibleedblk&gld

08-03-2011, 01:12 PM

please please please please let it be gay...PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

JensK

08-03-2011, 01:19 PM

please please please please let it be gay...PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

After being resigned that would make under zero percent sense.

Ibleedblk&gld

08-03-2011, 01:30 PM

but it would make me happy...stop ruining my dreams

Rampage

08-03-2011, 01:31 PM

After being resigned that would make under zero percent sense.

Maybe they are trying to throw everyone off.

SteelDad

08-03-2011, 01:45 PM

if its smith and they dont bring him back at a discount id be shocked...no question 6.1 mil is too much, but hes still an asset to the team (unlike clark, charlie, and farrior)

Agreed. I love Smith as our DE, but there is no way he could even admit that he is currently worth that much considering his injury history of late. I hope he returns at a lower rate.

Blazedby92

08-03-2011, 01:52 PM

It's Farrior,Smith

mos07

08-03-2011, 04:24 PM

that tweet was kind of unusual .. the more i think about it i am not ruling any1 out .. troy is in the last year of his contract .. maybe we get picks before losing him in FA??? i know that is waaaaay out there, but just wanted to throw it out there for more of a general discussion

Probably one of the more ridiculous things I have read :lol::lol::lol:......come on, man!

who the **** made clark all high and mighty enough to announce this? his head should be on the block real soon regardless

TampaSteelGirl

08-03-2011, 05:08 PM

who the **** made clark all high and mighty enough to announce this? his head should be on the block real soon regardless

True dat!

andyg1984

08-03-2011, 05:09 PM

Probably one of the more ridiculous things I have read :lol::lol::lol:......come on, man!

how is it ridiculous to talk about trying to get picks for a guy vs losing him to FA in the future?

Farrior Fan

08-03-2011, 05:38 PM

how is it ridiculous to talk about trying to get picks for a guy vs losing him to FA in the future?

Because we have a SB to win this year. No way we do this without a healthy Troy

RIVERS OF STEEL

08-03-2011, 05:40 PM

Not following him on twitter but, I am guessing one day soon Mr. R. Clark is going to open his mouth to wide. And then there was Ryan...

Big T

08-03-2011, 05:50 PM

He's probably just talking about the whole CBA thing. Idk lol. I don't get into this kind of speculation, it's just a pain in the ***.

BlitzburghRockCity

08-03-2011, 05:52 PM

Clark talks alot, it's part of his game. If he said something about a cut coming soon or insinuated as much we can't put any stock into until the Rooney's say so.

Thisoneguy555

08-03-2011, 05:52 PM

I bet it's Ryan himself.

andyg1984

08-03-2011, 09:59 PM

Because we have a SB to win this year. No way we do this without a healthy Troy

trade troy for Nnamdi or DRC and a pick then ...jk... im not actually expecting it to happen .. like i said it is "waaaay" out there and it was more or less for discussion sake because that tweet sounded real weird.. besides for a deal to happen it would have had to be for picks in this draft ..

my bet is it is smith .. ive been blabbing about it all off-season ..foote would not be news and i just see them sticking with farrior

TampaSteelGirl

08-03-2011, 10:11 PM

Because we have a SB to win this year. No way we do this without a healthy Troy

Well we got to SB without a healthy Troy...had the Defense actually showed up to play in the SB perhaps we would have won without a healthy Troy...just sayin

igor0190

08-04-2011, 12:48 AM

I'm surprised that there hasn't been any news about Smith taking a pay cut yet.... There's no way they can justify keeping him at 6 million for 2011. I'm curious as to how his tricep is doing? Has he been in camp?

mwittman5

08-04-2011, 01:30 AM

Schefter tweeted the Steelers are 11 mil over the cap. Somebody is gonna have to be cut.

Big T

08-04-2011, 01:48 AM

Schefter tweeted the Steelers are 11 mil over the cap. Somebody is gonna have to be cut.

Woodley's franchise tag acounts for 10 mil against the cap. Get him a long term deal, which will bring his cap number down a ton and restructure Aaron Smith's contract. Now all of the contract restructures (Ben, Harrison, Keisel, Miller) will not be official until later today (because if they were officially restructured before today they would've had to wait 'til today to practice again) so I'm pretty sure those aren't accounted for. We'll be fine.

RIVERS OF STEEL

08-04-2011, 02:39 AM

Well we got to SB without a healthy Troy...had the Defense actually showed up to play in the SB perhaps we would have won without a healthy Troy...just sayin

TRUTH

connecticutsteel

08-04-2011, 02:51 AM

We will be fine if smith gets cut it won't be the end of the world

LatrobePA

08-04-2011, 08:23 AM

Keep an eye on the QB situation in the next couple days...That may be one of the surprises..

andyg1984

08-04-2011, 09:36 AM

We will be fine if smith gets cut it won't be the end of the world

im not afraid at all to lose Aaron Smith ..dont mean to sound blashpemous, but overrrrrated ..

Blazedby92

08-04-2011, 11:11 AM

im not afraid at all to lose Aaron Smith ..dont mean to sound blashpemous, but overrrrrated ..

OVERRATED!!!! :thinking: How long have you been watching Steeler Football?

Rampage

08-04-2011, 11:25 AM

OVERRATED!!!! :thinking: How long have you been watching Steeler Football?

If he has been watching for at least the last five years or so, I would have to agree with the overrated assessment. Smith can't be an asset to the team with a blown out shoulder or torn bicep.

harpo

08-04-2011, 11:42 AM

This team needs to get younger on defense and if cutting Aaron Smith helps the cap AND helps them get younger, I have no problem with it. I also wouldn't be mad if Farrior got cut as well, but he (Farrior) makes the calls on defense (as does Ryan Clark), so he MIGHT be safe.

I just don't want to see this team get old like the that team in the 70s did and THEN rebuild, instead of rebuilding positions as needed. This is a business. I'm sure that management and the coaches LOVE these guys but they must make sacrifices for the TEAM. They can't allow their emotions dictate their decisions.

So if Smith, Farrior, Ward, Clark, etc. or any other old vet gets cut, it's business....never personal.

MDSteel15

08-04-2011, 11:46 AM

I believe A Smith is the only one that is in line to get cut this season.... Thank you for the service! :yellowthumb:

andyg1984

08-04-2011, 12:16 PM

OVERRATED!!!! :thinking: How long have you been watching Steeler Football?

been a fan for 25 years .. more specifically, i have watched every single snap at least twice for the past four seasons since i got Direct-TV and before that i had like a 3 or 4 year streak of catching every game at bars so i am ready for this conversation to say the least ..

aaron smith used to be an underrated player - but that was 5 or 6 years ago when BB came out and said it .. now he is overrated by a bunch of people who try to show football knowledge by appreciating 5 techs ..

idc if he used to be a master of the position, his body is falling apart, his expected contributions to this team on a go-forward basis are/have been seriously exaggerated and that to me is as overrated as it gets

JensK

08-04-2011, 12:23 PM

Steelers are, as of now, around 8.5 million over the cap.

LatrobePA

08-04-2011, 01:46 PM

AdamSchefter Adam Schefter
As of this morning, there are five teams over the salary cap: OAK $15.25 mil; PITT $8.5m; DET $7.8m; DALLAS $6.7m: HOUSTON $3.25m.